M4.8 earthquake 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:14 AM GMT-3 (13:14 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-30 13:14:10 UTC
- Depth
- 103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.040° S, 68.588° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 127°, dip 58°, rake -135°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 10°, dip 54°, rake -41°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 149
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3564 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3551 days ago · 126 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3535 days ago · 127 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0107 km N of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3532 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.1150 km N of Calama, Chile · 3600 days ago · 142 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.369 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 156 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3605 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2138 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3605 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3606 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3607 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0105 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3619 days ago · 173 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3620 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007d9e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.